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District 5 · Block 0660, Lot 023 · ZIP 94115

1940–1946 Fillmore Street

Office building

  • 2 stories
  • 5,200 ft2
  • 4,062.5 ft2 lot area
  • 4 residential units
  • 15 rooms
  • 7 bathrooms
  • Wood frame
  • Zoned FILLMR
  • Historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
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  1. 1882

    The Fillmore-Pine Building, designed by the German architect Wildrich Winterhalter and built at the south-west corner of Pine and Fillmore in 1882 for a tobacco and cigar importer: an early example of a mixed-use building, with two storefronts — one let to a shoe shop, one to a fancy goods shop — and living quarters above.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
  2. 1900

    Built.

  3. May 1983
    Permit 8304478 $$$ $200

    Additions alterations or repairs.

  4. May 1983
    Permit 8304530 $$$ $35,000

    Remodeling existing restaurant.

  5. Aug 1983
    Permit 8307666 $$$ $54,000

    Renovate 100 sq ft existing storefront.

  6. Aug 1983
    Permit 8307863 $$$ $3,000

    Remoe replace approximately 25 sq ft of sidewalkone basement.

  7. Sep 1983
    Permit 8308850 $$$ $2,400

    Hang up an old existing and extend the duct to a new 5'.

  8. Nov 1983
    Permit 8311994 $$$ $1,990

    Sign - erect.

  9. Nov 1983
    Permit 8311997 $$$ $712

    Sign - erect.

  10. Nov 1983
    Permit 8311995 $$$ $380

    Sign - erect.

  11. Jun 1984
    Permit 8406668 $$$ $1,300

    Crocker bank.

  12. Aug 2002
    Issued Permit M21373 $$$ $15,000

    Street space repair.

  13. by 2009

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Fillmore-Pine Building — one of three National Register sites in the Japantown study area, and the only mixed-use building there so listed. Nominated in 1980.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
  14. Oct 2010
    Permit 201010293998 $$$ $44,000

    Remove millwork, lighting, dropped ceiling, hardwood floors. patch and paint, new partition wall, new marble floor, install wall mounted cabinetry, new glass window. improve front ramp for 1: 12 slope. electrical for new pendant lighting & displays.

  15. Jan 2013
    Permit 201301147900 $$$ $60,000

    Demolish millwork & existing non compliant restrooms. build new millwork & ada restroom. install new finishes & some lighting. change business from johnny rockets to glaze teriyaki.

  16. Apr 2013
    Issued Permit 201304235228 $$$ $1,500

    Copy change to existing sign. non-structural sign.

  17. Jun 2013
    Permit 201306189839 $$$ $3,000

    To replace existing 4 window wood sashes in kind, with new wooden sashes, double pane, street facing.

  18. Jun 2013
    Permit 201306270611 $$$ $8,000

    Install 1400 sq ft of hardie siding at right side of building over existing. visble from street. no structural changes.

  19. Mar 2014
    Permit 201403180967 $$$ $2,000

    Replace one non-illuminated blade sign. na ordinance #155-13.

  20. Feb 2026
    Permit 202602095556 $$$ $5,800

    To comply with nov #202538460. new 34" tall partition wall added to space. no electrical or plumbing work.

DBI holds 26 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 26. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 7 expired permits are not shown. The city's Japantown context statement dates the Fillmore-Pine Building to 1882; the assessor's roll and Planning's historic resource survey both record 1900.

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